United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Tennessee. Governor (1815-1821 : McMinn)1818-11-19This document was written by Tennessee Governor Joseph McMinn (1815-1821) to Secretary of State Daniel Graham on November 19, 1818. He discusses his part in negotiations with the Cherokees for their land east of the Mississippi River, and McMinn is confident that he will be successful in convincing the Cherokees to surrender their title to the land. He also mentions preparations that are underway for the Cherokee emigrants.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpeggml011engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, McMinn letters, box 10, folder 59, document tl011.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Cherokee Indians--RelocationCherokee Indians--Government relationsIndian land transfers[Letter] 1818 Nov. 19, Cherokee Agency [to] Daniel Graham / Jos[eph] McMinn of an imageText